The surgery was risky, yet crucial to giving little Phoenix a fighting chance of survival.

“There was a 20 per cent chance the procedure wouldn’t be successful and I would go into premature labour due to the blood flow in the placenta being disrupted,” Lenka said.

While the surgery was successful, the triplets threatened to arrive sooner than expected when Lenka suffered premature rupture of the membranes nine weeks later.

“I was immediately admitted to hospital to monitor the babies and I managed to carry the boys until I was 28 weeks,” she said.

Phoenix, Noah and Lyrik were born three months premature by emergency caesarean section on August 28, 2015. The tiny newborns weighed just 670 grams, 920 grams and 1,160 grams respectively.

Their early arrival into the world saw Phoenix, Noah and Lyrik battle numerous medical complications.

They were diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and a serious eye disease affecting their vision. The triplets also struggled with immature lungs and needed a ventilator to help them breathe.

Phoenix in particular was so sick and fragile that he couldn’t be moved to the operating theatre for emergency surgery on his small intestine when he was only 15 days old.

Incredibly, surgeons brought the operating theatre to him and performed the lifesaving surgery in his bed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Phoenix was the first baby at Gold Coast University Hospital to have a specialist operation in his room.

Lenka and Kurt are extremely grateful to the Gold Coast community for allowing their three premature sons to receive the best care locally.

“I feel so blessed that people are giving back to Gold Coast Hospital Foundation to help buy equipment and provide services,” Lenka said.

“We’ve had the biggest support you could imagine. The quality of care and treatment we’ve received on the Gold Coast is unbelievable. Every medical team has worked together to find the best solution for our boys.

“This ordeal has been a nightmare for our family, but being able to stay close to home has helped make a very difficult time more manageable.”

Despite their troubled start to life, generous supporters of Gold Coast Hospital Foundation helped give all three babies a chance at life.

“Thank you for giving my babies a future,” Lenka said. “There are many more families who need help, so please be as generous as you can. Every donation helps.”

Now aged two, the Danson triplets are still under close observation and return to hospital frequently for ongoing physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and appointments with a dietitian.

But Phoenix, Noah and Lyrik have made remarkable improvements on their long road to recovery – they are walking and thankfully avoided permanent vision loss.

“We didn’t know what the outcome would be for our boys or if they would survive, especially when Phoenix became so sick,” Lenka said.

“But they are all doing really well.

“Phoenix, Noah and Lyrik are true miracle babies. They are our little fighters.”

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